Episodes
Published 01/04/21
Restrictive eating is a major pain, especially when it causes you to lose your period. Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea (HA) leads to infertility but also a bunch of other lesser known issues.
Published 01/04/21
For our collective liberation, it is crucial that our wellness practices go beyond the mainstream representation of individualised, material self-care.
Published 12/07/20
Did you know that many far-flung ‘superfoods’ carry a heavy environmental and social footprint?
Published 11/10/20
It's time we explored capitalism in it’s indiscriminately elderberry syrup guzzling, MLM essential oil dowsed, $400 supplement protocol pushing form: Wellness Capitalism.
Published 09/09/20
There has been a phenomenal uptick of rising yoga and wellness influencers posting anti-racism sentiments on social media. Yet in stark contrast to the important message of bringing light to police brutality against BIPOC, or tackling underrepresentation of coloured folks in wellness spaces, these feeds are filled with white, thin, able-bodied, cis-het women striking yoga poses on beaches. Are these influencers for real?
Published 08/09/20
There is a lack of representation of older women in fitness. Rachelle Ballard-Clayton is shifting that pattern by basing her entire approach to training womxn on their shifting internal landscape and cyclical patterns.
Published 07/06/20
There are many parallels between our bodies as feeling, sensuous beings worthy of care and attention, and the kind of bodily care and movement encouraged in non-diet and weight neutral approaches like HAES.
Published 06/07/20
​Foraging for edible weeds is an accessible and inclusive healthcare skill. Pat Collins is a highly experienced herbalist, natural health practitioner and bush craftswoman with a passion for sharing her foraging know-how and instilling in people a deep appreciation of edible and medicinal weeds: nature's gifts.
Published 05/12/20
Gym culture can be incredibly toxic for people struggling with body image and eating concerns. Monique Jephcote, APD, PT and Intuitive Eating Counsellor, is infusing weight-neutral principles into the fitness world with compassion, respect and gusto.
Published 04/28/20
With great uncertainty comes fear and uprooted trauma. Whilst wellness wankery, heightened weight stigma and conspiracy theories don't us help with this, there are ways to deeply nurture and protect yourself.
Published 04/13/20
The crossover between yoga and dietetics is wider and deeper than any of us could imagine.
Published 03/31/20
In this solo episode I riff about the ups and downs of motherhood, and my personal experience as a (mostly) work at home mum.
Published 03/12/20
A Health at Every Size (HAES)-informed, weight neutral practice is old school naturopathy in its best sense.
Published 02/26/20
In yoga teachers and practitioners, orthorexia is becoming the norm, rather than the exception.
Published 02/13/20
Yoga teachers, please stop giving terrible dietary advice to your students.
Published 01/26/20
Cleansing from a western fad perspective is pure diet culture BS. But in Ayurveda the "C" word takes on a somewhat different, multifaceted meaning. This can be both problematic and refreshing depending on your perspective.
Published 01/15/20
Why juice cleansing is so popular in yoga culture, how detoxification actually works, and what you can do to support your body's detoxification processes without batsh!t crazy diets.
Published 12/26/19